Cooking utensil



June 24, 1930. s, NAKAGAWA 1,766,791

COOKING UTENSIL Filad Nov. 24, 1928 INVENTOR. s m MAGAWA;

v Q H v the Patented June 24, 1930 SHOICHI NAKAGAWA, 0] SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA COOKING UTENSIL Application fled November 24, 1928. Serial No. 821,578.

This invention relates to cooking utensils and more specifically to vessels with covers that are used for boiling pur oses.

An object of this inventlon 1s to eliminate boiling over of covered vessels.

Anotherobject is to prevent steam shooting sideways from un vessel while boiling is taking. place.

A distinct advantage of my invention lies in the fact that although steam may esca and boilin water is not confined under 0 cover, yet t e water is automatically returned and will not boil over the side of the vessel, due to the improved vessel and cover that I have provide p These objects and advantages together with any subsequent ones that may be developed in the specifications constitute premises upon which my lnvention is predicated.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a center line vertical section.

Fig. 2 is a center line vertical section at right angles to Fig. 1.

ig. 3 is a top lan view of my utensil with the cover in p ace.

In Fig. 1 the vessel portion is enerally designated b the numeral 1 and the top in its entirety y the numeral 2. The top is equipped with the ordinary handle 3.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the top is crowned and, slopes downward at all points to the extreme periphery. The purpose of this is to drain all Around the periphery of the cover there are provided notches 4. These notches are adapted to coincide and pass tongues 5 which are suitably attached to the wall 6 of the vessel 1. The shoulder 7, which joins the mainwalls of the vessel 1 to the sloping wall 6 is also given a slight slope downward but is left evel sufficiently far to maintain a contact to close the openings 4 in the cover. The top of the vessel wall is curved outwardly and upwardl from the wall 6 in the manner shown in igs. 1 and 2. The purpose of these upwardly and outwardly sloping walls is to prevent side esca of steam and also to return any water t at might well up over the cover.

er the cover of thewater to the edge;

The tongues 5 and notches 4 provide means for holding the cover against rising or tipping from eneath it.

steam pressure or boiling water Having set forth and described one embodiment of my idea,

I reserve the right to such modifications and refinements as come within the scope and spirit of the specification and appended claim.

I claim:

A cooking utensil comprising a vessel having the top portion of its walls flare upwardl and inwardly,

shoul er ne of tongues walls thereof, spaced a domed c of notches on its. eriphery adapte said tongues, sai

drain water over the periphe at all points and a handle suitable for turr ii iig and lifting said cover, the periphe tilting of t the same.

said tongues being spaced above ry of the cover to allow a limited he cover without the removal of SHOIGHI names; 

